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2 results for BACKTOBACK from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Nov 23, 2007	12D	Consecutive	Paula Gamache
Tue Dec 17, 1996	11D	One after the other	G. E. Paul

9 results for BACKTOBACK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 27, 1989	18A	Consecutive, mirrorwise	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Mon Apr 11, 1983	10D	Square-dance figure	Joan Whitman	Maleska
Tue Feb 21, 1978	2D	Dos-à-dos	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Mon May 13, 1974	54A	Parallel, in a way	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Tue May 9, 1972	9D	Consecutive	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 14, 1971	79A	Ready for a duel	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Mon Mar 4, 1968	17A	Aces of a kind.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 8, 1966	11D	Placement of two pianos.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 20, 1955	17A	Duelists' starting position.	Victor Goldfarb	Farrar

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